Tag Archives: Kendall L. Walton

3 rd of may: shoot in may and go away

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Dave

Like all great historical and philosophical themes, analyzing the Third of May is somewhat vulnerable to some superficial and not necessarily valid interpretations. The originality of Goya’s treatment in his depiction of the executioners. Where they might expectedly have be … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alan Woods, David Sylvester, Francisco Goya, Fred Licht, Kendall L. Walton, Kenneth Clark, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Reva Wolf, Robert Hughes, Sarah Symmons, Sir Kenneth Clark | Leave a comment

grim tidings: disasters and masters of war

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dave

A preoccupation with mystery, violence and the irrational was always present in Goya’s art. As the years passed, casual observations of the foibles and horrors of the world were transfigured into a vision of life that came to dominate his … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alan Woods, Diego Velasquez, Edouard Manet, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Goya, Graeme Mitchell, Kendall L. Walton, Kenneth Clark, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Matthew Brady, Meissonier, Nicolas Poussin, Pablo Picasso, Trevor Malkinson | Leave a comment

an enemy of irrational tendencies

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Dave

Goya’s life was split in two near its midpoint by an illness that very nearly killed him when he was forty-six years old. If he had died, he would have left a large body of work establishing him as one … Continue reading →